Verbatim: Upperclassmen offer advice for finals
December 5, 2018
The first finals week of the year can cause a great deal of stress, especially for freshmen who will be experiencing it for the first time. The Paly Voice asked a few upperclassmen what their advice was for freshman to ace their first finals. This year’s finals start Dec. 18 and end Dec. 20.
![Shounak Dharap, president of the school board of Palo Alto Unified School District, announced Friday morning that Superintendent Don Austin separated from his superintendent position at PAUSD. Corbin Dodd, an Ethnic Studies and AP Seminar teacher at Palo Alto High School, said that Austin's separation from the district surprised him and his colleagues. "Negotiations are happening right now, so there's a lot of talk about the school board and the superintendent, but it [Austin's separation] wasn't on my radar, and I don't think it was on the radar of any of the teachers I've spoken to," Dodd said.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_7950-300x225.png)
